| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −5h on 24 Oct |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −8h on 24 Oct |
Bruges, Belgium runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. The time difference between Bruges and New York is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Bruges lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Bruges and London is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Bruges lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Bruges and Tokyo is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Bruges lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bruges.
Bruges (Belgium) is home to roughly 120K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:46, sunset at 19:28. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 51° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Belgium
Capital
Brussels
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
51.21°N, 3.22°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+32
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch, French, German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bruges was one of the richest cities in Europe until the Zwin channel silted up in the 15th century, cutting it off from the sea. The trade moved to Antwerp, and the city stayed poor for four centuries — which is precisely why its medieval centre survived intact.
The clock: the Belfry carillon has marked the hours here since the 13th century. Its 47 bells are still played by hand from a keyboard struck with the fists.
Bruges lies at 3.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 11.8° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 47 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:47 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 107 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:47.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 35m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 53m. The swing between them is 8h 43m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Bruges the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 05:31, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 22:07. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Bruges that civil twilight runs about 33 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 47 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Bruges, Belgium is Europe/Brussels with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Bruges has an estimated population of 120K and is located at coordinates 51.21°N, 3.22°E.
Bruges gets 16h 35m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 53m on its shortest, averaging 12h 16m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Bruges falls at about 12:47 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 11.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Port That Silted Up: Bruges was one of the richest cities in Europe until the Zwin channel silted up in the 15th century, cutting it off from the sea.